Mellie Zimmerman’s Wash Day Accident

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My great grandfather Parker L. Zimmerman married three times. After a couple of months marriage to Victoria Harris during 1897 in Franklin County, Missouri, Parker moved to Bollinger County, Missouri to be closer to his family. His parents, Samuel and Sarah Zimmerman, lived in Dongola, Bollinger, Missouri. Martā 31, 1902, 27-year-old Parker married his second wife, 22-year-old Mellie Bollinger.

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St. Louis Holidays With The Mosblechs

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Šā Mosblechs ir ļoti lielas ģimenes, kā parasti. Mans vecvectēvs Eduard Mosblech bija viens no divpadsmit bērniem. Eduard bija četrpadsmit bērnu un viņa brāļi bija divpadsmit un trīspadsmit bērnus attiecīgi. Bet man vēl nav bijusi iespēja pārbaudīt izmēru divām citām ģimenēm, both Mom and I remember it the same way. Grandma Ellis had

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F.W. Johannpēters un 1883 Bāra incidents

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Frederick William Johannpeter (1839 – 1915) bija mans otrais vecvectēvs no manas mātes puses. Viņš nomira 4 mēnešus pirms mazdēla dzimšanas, Gilbert P. Ellis, kas bija mans vectēvs. Tā kā viņš nomira pirms mana vectēva dzimšanas, Man bija ļoti ierobežota informācija par viņu, kad sāku pētīt dzimtas vēsturi. Grandpa didn’t have any verbal history

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Julius W. Johannpeter, Gaisa Pioneer

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My grandfather’s first cousin, Julius W. “Joe” Johannpeter, was one of St. Louis’ airplane pioneers. Julius, who was known in the family as “Punks”, joined the Air National Guard in the mid-1920s. He would be commissioned as a Lieutenant. Julius flew planes for both the military and civilian air corps. Most of the men in his unit, which included Charles

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1909 – Bad gadu par Parker Zimmerman

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1909 iespējams, bija vissliktākais gads Parker Lonzo Bator Zimmerman dzīvi. Viņš zaudēja gan viņa desmit mēnešu veca meita Ida maijs Zimmerman un viņa otrās sievas Mellie Bollinger Zimmerman. Pirms Parker nāves Cape Giraurdeau viesuļvētra 1949, he would bury two more of his children. Both of them were adults. Es varu tikai iedomāties, cik grūti 1909

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St. Francis de Sales Dedicated in 1908

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Novembrī 1908, three bishops and an abbot dedicated St. Francis de Sales Church, “the Cathedral of South St. Louis”. Built to serve the growing German Catholic population in St. Louis, the huge church would become the home to many families including my great grandparents, Eduard and Magdalena Mosblech, and their 14 children. St. Louis Archdiocese dedicated the church

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